The ongoing adventures of a father who is finally finding the answers by dedicating himself to his family.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Freelance Gigs

If
you can believe this one, I'm actually getting some freelance writing
gigs. I was contacted a few weeks back by a friend whom I spoke with
several months ago about writing for a living. She is a former editor
at the VNews and now works at the big University in their PR
department. She was very kind and helpful, but did not come outright
and offer me work. She did say she would keep me in mind and to stay
in touch.

Fast
forward a few months and I get an email saying they were looking for
some freelance writers and if I was interested. Was I ever! I was a
little worried because this was around the time of our trip, and I
had some anxiety about them trying to contact me while we were
Belize, which didn't happen. I did, however, get my first assignment
before our trip, which went fine, but I wasn't really sure how happy
they were with my work. I turned in the assignment, and then didn't
hear back. I figured it was a good thing to put on my resume and
would have to leave it at that.

Well,
this past week the editor contacted me and asked if I could cover
some news at the school. Boy was I stoked. Now the ball is in my
court, so it's either put up or shut up... is that what they say?

Whatever
be the case, I'm grateful for the chance. Now it'll be interesting to
see what I do with it.